The 50,000 Won Bill ($50)

In Korea the exchange rate has been pretty easy to understand for a long time. Much like $10.000 = 10 dollars (delete the .00 and it equal dollars) take 10,000 Won and it equals 10 dollars (or less recently).

In terms of bills we have 1,000 Won, 5,000 Won, and 10,000 Won bills. If you want a few hundred bucks in cash your wallet is going to be quite large. But shopping malls have been selling gift certificates in terms of 100,000 Won ($100) for quite some time. So it makes sense that it's time to have a larger denomination. As of today, ladies and gentlemen, we have the brand new 50,000 Won bill~

The front features Chin Saimdang on the front and bamboo and an apricot tree on the rear. I'm actually surprised to not see a map on the back since I heard they wanted an old map of the entire Korean peninsula showing Dokdo on it and couldn't really find one.

Don't believe Dokdo is Korean? Just talk to Snoopy; on his "map of the world" which shows all of 3 countries on it (but only one is named, we don't need to talk about the others).

And before I forget, some possible prototypes including one for a 100,000 Won bill. Pretty huh?